有人可能会认为,小房子通常是为那些希望摆脱抵押贷款陷阱、随心所欲的千禧一代准备的。毕竟,我们确实看到很多年轻人分享他们的小房子幸福故事。但也有一大批更成熟的人,他们缩小了规模,放弃了大房子,选择了可能更小、但财务更自由的房子。
乔迪和比尔·布雷迪就是这样一对勇敢的人,他们决定改变生活。他们在博客上描述自己只是足够“我们是一对50多岁的夫妇,我们决定要‘调整’我们的生活。我们卖掉了大房子,把赚来的钱投资在自己身上:我们辞掉了工作,做了大量的研究,然后在弗吉尼亚州的蓝岭山脉设计并建造了我们自己250平方英尺的房子。”或者,正如他们所说公寓疗法在美国,他们曾经住在一栋3500平方英尺的房子里。有一天,当他们审视自己的财务状况时,他们意识到“房子拥有了我们”。他们通过建造自己的小房子来实现这一转变。
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©Simply Enough为了选择更简单和可持续的生活,这对夫妇尽可能地选择使用回收材料建造,这可能需要更长的时间,但结果是Jody所说的更有创意和“偶然的设计”。谷仓和托盘木材被用于整个家庭,无论是在墙上或建筑家具。另一个好的小空间策略:安装大量的门窗(这个房子有三个通向外部),这样光线就可以进来,没有人会觉得被困在一个小空间里。
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厨房的储物抽屉是用可回收的托盘木材制成的,宜家的吊灯也是用旧滤器混搭而成。30 × 18英寸的巨大水槽有足够的空间洗碗、洗衣服和装满花园桶。这个炉子是一个燃烧酒精的炉子。
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这对夫妇的这座12英尺宽的带轮子的小房子坐落在一个朋友的房产的山坡上,它的建造尽可能地与周围环境融为一体。当你住在一个小空间里,有大量的户外时间是很重要的,所以这里有一个蔬菜花园(他们的太阳能电池板放在这里——房子80%由太阳能供电),外部甲板,以及一个160平方英尺的屏蔽结构,在户外提供庇护,非常适合娱乐或愉快的户外烹饪。
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到目前为止,乔迪和比尔已经在他们手工建造的小房子里住了一年,他们还不打算回到大房子里。想要阅读更多关于他们的故事,请访问只是足够.
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